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EPFO data shows 26% fall in average monthly job creation since OctThe average monthly formal job creation has been falling consistently with every successive EPFO payroll release, which is the only gauge to measure formal job creation in India. From October 2018 to April 2019, every release of EPFO is showing a dip in average monthly job creation. Only November 2018 release is an exception which showed marginal increase of 1,262 jobs on average.Silver exports fall 75% after Nirav Modi, Mehul ...

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From October 2018 to April 2019, every release of EPFO is showing a dip in average monthly job creation. Only November 2018 release is an exception which showed marginal increase of 1,262 jobs on average.

According to the latest data, the highest job creation was recorded in January 2019 at 8.94 lakh against the provisional estimate of 8.96 lakh released last month

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The Supreme Court recently directed EPFO to give pension to all retiring employees on the basis of their full salary. But while this means that private sector employees will see their pension shoot up, there are several factors that determine whether the new option is really an advantage or not

EPFO update: On April 1, the Supreme Court ruled that the EPFO has to give pension to all retiring employees on the basis of their full salary rather than capping the figure on which contribution is calculated at a maximum of Rs 15,000 per month

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The top court upheld a 2018 Kerala High Court order that had asked the retirement fund body to give pension to all retiring employees on the basis of their full salary, rather than capping the figure on which contribution is calculated at a maximum of Rs 15,000 per month

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Even central ministers who had cited EPFO data openly to indicate job creation by the Modi government had been left red-faced after aggregate jobs declined over the past four months.

This is the first time in several months that EPFO has declared a growth in job creation since September 2017. For the past few months, it has been revising the total job creation downwards from 79.16 lakh to 72.32 lakh in December 2018.